Description of Russian antique merchant sabers: Single-bladed steel curved blade, with one wide lobe.
The ephesus of the Russian merchant saber is brass, consists of a handle and a guard. The handle is wrapped in twisted wire along the grooves. The back of the handle is covered with a bar that passes into the head, on which there is a figured rosette on top. From the D-pad at right angles departs the protective arch, connecting to the head of the handle. In the middle part of the cross is an oval (with a rosette) or diamond-shaped smooth lining. The end of the D-pad is rounded and bent downwards.
The sheath of the Russian merchant saber is brass slotted, with two rings and with a shoe. Slots on the sheath, as a rule, only on the outside.
Specifications Total length 820-950mm. Blade length 670-800mm. Blade width 26mm.
More detailed photos in the analysis of the Russian merchant saber:
Historical background of the Russian merchant sabre:
In the XIX century. the right to wear a sword in certain cases had representatives of the merchant class.
This was first documented in 1834, when persons who held positions in the cities at the choice of merchants and burghers (mayor, members of the city duma, members and secretaries of magistrates and orphan courts), in cases where they preferred to wear a caftan with sewing by rank instead of a uniform, were allowed to wear a saber.
In 1835, such a right was granted to deputies of the Oryol Shipping Deputation and the Tver Shipping Massacre and their branches, in 1839 to price-takers under the St. Petersburg Board of Trustees. In the second half of the XIX century, merchants of the 1st guildalso had the right to wear a saber.
All of the above categories of persons of the merchant class could wear a saber only with an old Russian dress (kaftan with sewing).
Historical information:
The Merchant's Sabre could only be worn by merchants of the first guild as one of the personal rights granted to the first guild by the manifesto of 1807, supplemented by the Guild Ordinance of 1824.
Paragraph 140 of the "Review of the Rights and Duties of the Russian Merchants" of 1826.
"A merchant of the first guild has the right to wear the provincial uniform of the province where he is registered, to have a sword, and those who dress in Russian dress, then a saber."
This privilege did not apply to the children and members of the merchant family,
(P.I. Ivanov Review of the rights and duties of the Russian merchants. M.: Society of Merchants and Industrialists of Russia, 2005 p.65.)
In the photo, an unknown merchant in the uniform (uniform caftan) of the Department of Internal Affairs with a medal. The middle of the XIX century.
In May 1838, the Committee of Ministers considered the question of cases of "non-compliance … of the uniform prescribed for civilian uniforms." The reason for this was the remarks of the emperor himself. Nicholas I complained that "some officials allow themselves to wear caps, colored vests … pantaloons and sticks (apparently canes. —L.S.), to the obvious disgrace of the uniform."
Portrait of the Rybinsk merchant of the first guild Fyodor Ilyich Tyumenev in 1842 with a merchant saber of the period of tsarist Russia.
Of greater importance was his remark that "many persons" who have "3rd class" uniforms spread sewing against what is legalized, and our envoys to foreign courts, belonging to the 3rd category, all, without exception, wear the uniform of the 2nd category in their sewing."
Even the officials of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery were guilty, on whose uniforms the gold embroidery "was completely changed by the fact that in others it was not matte, but with glitter." Special "affirmative high commands" were needed to achieve more precise compliance with the law of 1834.
Very soon, some omissions of the "Regulation on Civilian Uniforms" began to be revealed. In particular, in August of the same year, the St. Petersburg military governor-general asked the Minister of Internal Affairs about "what kind of uniform the local mayor should wear" and other officials of the city self-government, since no explanation was made in the "Regulation on the persons mentioned."
The issue was considered in the Committee of Ministers, and according to its report, Nicholas I was ordered on August 14, 1834: "Positions replaced by the choice of merchants and burghers should be assigned ranks for wearing uniforms" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: mayors in the capitals – the 6th, in provincial and port cities – the 7th, in county and state cities – the 8th: assessors from merchants in judicial chambers, and in orders of public care, members of city dumas and burgomasters in capitals – 7th, in provincial and port cities – 8th. in county and state cities – 9th, etc. At the same time, etc. At the same time, explained:
"As some persons holding city posts wear antique Russian robes, they are allowed everywhere … to wear instead of uniforms caftans with sewing according to the discharges, and instead of swords – sabers. "
The image of such a caftan (double-breasted, without a skirt neckline in the front) with uniform sewing of the 8th category of the Department of Communications can be seen in the portrait of the merchant of the 2nd guild F. I. Tyumenev
(1842, artist C. P. Mather). A few weeks after the order of Nicholas I, on the proposal of the Ministry of Justice, the right to the uniforms of this department was granted to members of commercial courts elected by "city societies".
And in March 1843, the right to wear the uniforms of the Ministry of Finance of the 6th category was received by stock exchange sergeants and gofmaclairs. Granting elected persons the right to wear departmental uniforms (and caftans replacing them)…
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Description of Russian antique merchant sabers: Single-bladed steel curved blade, with one wide lobe.
The ephesus of the Russian merchant saber is brass, consists of a handle and a guard. The handle is wrapped in twisted wire along the grooves. The back of the handle is covered with a bar that passes into the head, on which there is a figured rosette on top. From the D-pad at right angles departs the protective arch, connecting to the head of the handle. In the middle part of the cross is an oval (with a rosette) or diamond-shaped smooth lining. The end of the D-pad is rounded and bent downwards.
The sheath of the Russian merchant saber is brass slotted, with two rings and with a shoe. Slots on the sheath, as a rule, only on the outside.
Specifications Total length 820-950mm. Blade length 670-800mm. Blade width 26mm.
More detailed photos in the analysis of the Russian merchant saber:
Historical background of the Russian merchant sabre:
In the XIX century. the right to wear a sword in certain cases had representatives of the merchant class.
This was first documented in 1834, when persons who held positions in the cities at the choice of merchants and burghers (mayor, members of the city duma, members and secretaries of magistrates and orphan courts), in cases where they preferred to wear a caftan with sewing by rank instead of a uniform, were allowed to wear a saber.
In 1835, such a right was granted to deputies of the Oryol Shipping Deputation and the Tver Shipping Massacre and their branches, in 1839 to price-takers under the St. Petersburg Board of Trustees. In the second half of the XIX century, merchants of the 1st guild also had the right to wear a saber.
All of the above categories of persons of the merchant class could wear a saber only with an old Russian dress (kaftan with sewing).
Historical information:
The Merchant's Sabre could only be worn by merchants of the first guild as one of the personal rights granted to the first guild by the manifesto of 1807, supplemented by the Guild Ordinance of 1824.
Paragraph 140 of the "Review of the Rights and Duties of the Russian Merchants" of 1826.
"A merchant of the first guild has the right to wear the provincial uniform of the province where he is registered, to have a sword, and those who dress in Russian dress, then a saber."
This privilege did not apply to the children and members of the merchant family,
(P.I. Ivanov Review of the rights and duties of the Russian merchants. M.: Society of Merchants and Industrialists of Russia, 2005 p.65.)
In the photo, an unknown merchant in the uniform (uniform caftan) of the Department of Internal Affairs with a medal. The middle of the XIX century.
In May 1838, the Committee of Ministers considered the question of cases of "non-compliance … of the uniform prescribed for civilian uniforms." The reason for this was the remarks of the emperor himself. Nicholas I complained that "some officials allow themselves to wear caps, colored vests … pantaloons and sticks (apparently canes. —L.S.), to the obvious disgrace of the uniform."
Portrait of the Rybinsk merchant of the first guild Fyodor Ilyich Tyumenev in 1842 with a merchant saber of the period of tsarist Russia.
Of greater importance was his remark that "many persons" who have "3rd class" uniforms spread sewing against what is legalized, and our envoys to foreign courts, belonging to the 3rd category, all, without exception, wear the uniform of the 2nd category in their sewing."
Even the officials of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery were guilty, on whose uniforms the gold embroidery "was completely changed by the fact that in others it was not matte, but with glitter." Special "affirmative high commands" were needed to achieve more precise compliance with the law of 1834.
Very soon, some omissions of the "Regulation on Civilian Uniforms" began to be revealed. In particular, in August of the same year, the St. Petersburg military governor-general asked the Minister of Internal Affairs about "what kind of uniform the local mayor should wear" and other officials of the city self-government, since no explanation was made in the "Regulation on the persons mentioned."
The issue was considered in the Committee of Ministers, and according to its report, Nicholas I was ordered on August 14, 1834: "Positions replaced by the choice of merchants and burghers should be assigned ranks for wearing uniforms" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: mayors in the capitals – the 6th, in provincial and port cities – the 7th, in county and state cities – the 8th: assessors from merchants in judicial chambers, and in orders of public care, members of city dumas and burgomasters in capitals – 7th, in provincial and port cities – 8th. in county and state cities – 9th, etc. At the same time, etc. At the same time, explained:
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The image of such a caftan (double-breasted, without a skirt neckline in the front) with uniform sewing of the 8th category of the Department of Communications can be seen in the portrait of the merchant of the 2nd guild F. I. Tyumenev
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